As the nation awaits President Muhammadu Buhari’s
ministerial list, the President on Tuesday said he would head
the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
Buhari dropped the hint in one of the interviews he granted
one of the foreign media in his hotel shortly before departing
New York.
The President was in New York to participate in the 70th
United Nations General Assembly.
“I will serve as the Minister of Petroleum Resources
myself,” Buhari told his interviewer.
The nation’s petroleum sector has been said to be
enmeshed in corruption with millions of dollars said to be
missing in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
Shortly after assuming office, Buhari sacked and replaced
the management of the company.
The new management had started a general reorganisation
of the firm.
Buhari had on Monday said the trial of those who looted the
NNPC would commence soon.
Meanwhile, ministerial list that President Muhammadu
Buhari will submit to the Senate on Wednesday (today)will
not contain all the members of his proposed cabinet, THE
PUNCH has learnt.
Buhari was inaugurated on May 29, having defeated former
President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election
held in March.
Investigation by one of our correspondents on Tuesday
revealed that what would be transmitted to the Senate this
week would not be a complete list of nominees.
A top government official familiar with the arrangement
confided in one of our correspondents that Buhari would
send the names of the nominees to the Senate in batches.
“What the Senate will be getting on Tuesday or Wednesday
will not be a complete list. The names will be sent in
batches but quite a number will be on this first list while
others will be compiled and sent later,” the source said.
The President may have decided to send the names in
batches in order to meet the September deadline he set for
himself rather than waiting to compile the full list and fail to
beat the deadline.
Efforts made by one of our correspondents to get an insight
into the list of the first batch of would-be ministers did not
however yield any positive result on Tuesday.
The issue of the list has however been generating concerns
among members of Buhari’s delegation to the 70th United
Nations General Assembly holding in New York.
Many of the politicians on the President’s delegation who
felt they might be considered for ministerial positions were
getting in touch with Nigeria intermittently on the telephone
for latest information on the list while they also kept making
themselves visible for Buhari.
Some of them who could not hide their anxiety were heard
asking Nigerian journalists if they had latest information on
the list.
Prominent chiefs of the All Progressives Congress on the
President’s delegation include a former Rivers State
Governor, Rotimi Amaechi; a former Ekiti State Governor,
Kayode Fayemi; and a former member of the House of
Representatives, Abike Dabiri-Erewa among others.
Meanwhile, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said on
Tuesday that his leadership would not employ vendetta in
the screening of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s wise
men.
Saraki, who stated this in his welcome address to his
colleagues at a plenary after their six-week recess,
expressed confidence that Nigeria’s economy would
experience a turn-around with the appointment of ministers.
He said, “As we await the list of ministerial nominees this
week, I believe the presence of ministers will create the
space for greater policy engagement with the executive arm
of government.
“It will also enable us to begin to respond in a more
systematic manner to the various economic and social
challenges before us, especially through our various
committees that will also be constituted soon.
“On this note, I want to urge you all my colleagues to ensure
that what is uppermost in our minds as we begin the
constitutional task of screening of ministerial nominees is
the overall interest of our country, informed by the enormity
and the urgency of the challenges before us.
“Once the list is submitted, let us ensure that we treat it with
dispatch and thoroughness. We must not be held down by
unnecessary politicking.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/i-will-be-petroleum-minister-says-buhari/

Sai Baba Buhari! Your Wish Is Our Command.

lol

Okay..lets see the sector improve courtesy of your body language..

K

That's not enough, let him award three more ministries to himself. His body odour/language is doing wonders.

In Perfect order sir

That has been his plan. He is going to cement and cork fulani domination of niger delta oil

G

Baba, TRUST NOBODY

I'm so loving my president.........gud 1

Does 'anybody' have problems with that

Buhari?

Out of 170 million monkeys and baboons, none is found worthy to be the minister of petroleum and the animals are rejoicing that their Dullard who awarded himself an F9 in elementary maths will make a good accountant of their source of national income. Chai zoogeria!

YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED, TODAY IS THE DEADLINE AND NO MINISTER APPOINTED.

[s]

ArodewilliamsT:
Out of 170 million monkeys and
baboons, none is found worthy to be
the minister of petroleum and the
animals are rejoicing that their Dullard
who awarded himself an F9 in
elementary maths will make a good
accountant of their source of national
income. Chai zoogeria!

[/s] it's too early to show your stupidity

our amiable president..

Issokay

Just like my state governor wey he be local govt chairman join state gov

Sai Buhari

Well played my amiable President... God bless your decisions

This man shouldn't weigh himself down unnecessarily.
I would rather he appoints a technocrat to supervise while still keeping a watchful eyes on the overall running of the ministry.

ArodewilliamsT:
Out of 170 million monkeys and
baboons, none is found worthy to be
the minister of petroleum and the
animals are rejoicing that their Dullard
who awarded himself an F9 in
elementary maths will make a good
accountant of their source of national
income. Chai zoogeria!

This is what happens when you smoke mosquito coil early in the morning.

Congratulations

He geh him plan biko. Make Una leave am

Oyel money! Dinho is set to stabilize international oil prices as he promised.

femmy2010:
His experience would certainly come into play.
Nice One Baba

Yea. He will also stabilize international oil prices like he promised. Lolzzz... At the end of the day, it's osubande that will be saddled with the running around while he Buhari continues to emit body odor on the international scene.